Active Learning Activities

Nature of Science Ice-Breaker

A first class ice-breaker activity introducing the nature of science.

COPD Pathophysiology: Construct One Patient Description

Create a clinical presentation for a COPD patient, linked to pathophysiology & differentiated from other COPD conditions

Family Matters : Inclusive Genetics Pedigree

In teams, students will build a pedigree chart and determine inheritance patterns using inclusive pedigree practices.

Rough Draft Workshop: Group Peer Assessment Jigsaw Activity for Case Study or Procedural Writing

Students bring a rough draft of a written group project for peer evaluation and feedback

Communicable Puzzles: Children’s Most Common Infectious Diseases

Using the Jigsaw strategy, students become an “expert” for one communicable disease through self-directed research.

Real-World Physics: Mini Video Projects

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Feeling Feverish: Homeostasis of Pyrexia

Can I Use the Internet?

Categorizing for Review

Solving World Issues One Smartphone at a Time

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Sketching the graph of a curve

Forget the Math! Draw pictures to learn the wave theory of light

Jigsaw Geography Presentation

Ctrl + Alt + Del: PTSD and Neuroplasticity

Organic Chemistry Flipped Classroom

Stereochemistry Activity

Organic Food vs GMOs

Protein Separation

Homeostasis: Mapping the Endocrine System

Engineering Ethics

Forces Scavenger Hunt

Limestone Rescue